AQUIFOLIACEAE. — ILEX 77 



Ilex Fargesii Franchet in Jour, de Bot. XII. 255 (1898). — Locsener 

 in Nov. Act. Leop.-Carol. LXXVIII. 239 (1901). 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, woods, alt. 1200-2100 m., 

 May and September 1907 (No. 231). Western Szech'uan: Mupin, 

 woodlands, alt. 1500-2000 m., June 1908 (No. 3098). 



Ilex Fargesii, var. v. forma, /3 megalophylla Locsener, n. forma. 



Foliis majoribus praecipue latioribus, usque 15 cm. longis et 4.1 cm. 

 latis, petiolo usque 2.1 cm. longo, a typo recedens. 



Western Szech'uan: Wa-ssu country, Wen-chuan Hsien, wood- 

 lands, alt. 1500 m., July and September 1908 (No. 1034). 



Ilex Franchetiana Loesener, n. sp. 



Frutex 2-3 metralis, glaber v. glaberrimus. Ramuli i. s. brunneo- 

 nigrescentes, vel cinereo-fuscescentes, hornotini i. s. angulati vel 

 striato-subsulcati, laeves, 2-6 mm. crassi. Folia interstitiis, 4-18 mm. 

 longis dissita; stipulis vel valde fugacibus, modice v. longiuscule 

 (7-19 mm. longe) petiolata; petiolo quam lamina circ. 5-10-plo brevi- 

 ore, supra medio profunde longitudinali-sulcato; lamina angustissime 

 decurrente marginato, marginibus superne conniventibus v. erectis, 

 1-2 mm. crasso, obovato-elliptica usque oblanceolata rarius lanceo- 

 lato-elliptica, margine i. s. anguste v. angustissime recurvato, densius 

 V. remotius et argute serrulato, iuxta basin saepe integro, basi cuneata 

 V. raro cuneato-subobtusa, apice manifeste et acute v. acutiuscule 

 acuminata, acumine usque 19 mm. longo, 7-12.5 cm. longa, 1.7-3.5 

 cm. lata, chartacea usque coriacea, glabra, i. s. supra nitidula v. vix 

 nitidula, cinereo-olivacea usque subatro-brunnea, subtus paullulo 

 pallidiora, costa media supra i. s. impressa vel insculpta, subtus ex- 

 pressa, nervis lateralibus utrinque circ. 7-10 sub angulo circ. 30-50° 

 obviis, rectis et iuxta marginem ad apicem versus curvatis raro leviter 

 et sub-'-*'-formiter arcuatis, tenuibus, supra plane obsoletis v. vix pro- 

 minulis, v. sub lente tenuissime et obsolete insculptis, subtus tenuiter 

 prominentibus v. prominulis iuxta marginem laxius et saepe obsolete 

 reticulatis, reticulo supra mconspicuo. Inflorescentiae in foliorum 

 axillis fasciculatae, S l-florae vel semel dichotomae, 2-3-florae, 9 

 1-florae, glabrae, pedunculis in i brevissimis, sub alabastris vix 1 mm. 

 longis, bracteis deltoideis vel ovato-deltoideis obtusis vel acutis 1-1.5 

 mm. longis, pedicellis in 9 usque 4 mm. longis, prophyllis medio 

 V. sub medio pedicello insertis, bracteis similibus integris; flores 

 4-meri vel 4-5-meri; calycis lobi late ovato-deltoidei, obtusi v. rotun- 

 dati, vix 1 mm. longi et circ. 1 mm. lati, sub lente valida tenuissime 



